Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets

The Emerging Markets Institute’s 2016 conference and inaugural Emerging Multinationals Report convey powerful evidence of “a new global landscape” showing a sharp increase in emerging economies as foreign investors and a “blossoming of some of their firms as world champions.”

WeChat has also spurred international interest expanding into China. They have effectively provided a method of testing the Chinese market through allowing U.S. companies and the broader market to gain an understanding for and how to market to active Chinese consumers. by Tosin Adeniji, Sam Haveson, Rebecca Kim, Maximillian Kaye Consumer behavior in the U.S. […]

Utku Balaban, Associate Professor of Sociology at Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Ankara University and European Commission Marie Curie Grant Fellow Turkey is the most industrialized country in the Muslim Middle East. In 2014, the Turkish economy produced almost three times as much industrial value added as Egypt and Iran did, both of which have roughly […]

Deven Sharma, Founder of Inflexon (www.inflexon.com) , Fellow at Connection Science @ Media Lab, and former President of Standard & Poor Globalization is under assault. Disruptive Influences  Beyond the political and pundit slogans, there are ample signs that point to the peril of globalization: protectionism, immigration backlash, nationally centered regulations, and constraints on capital mobility […]

Deven Sharma, Founder of Inflexon (www.inflexon.com) , Fellow at Connection Science @ Media Lab, and former President of Standard & Poor Globalization is under assault. What should a reset look like? Globalization pullback is here. However, the promise of global markets also remains very much intact. The pace of globalization has slowed, and its nature […]

Ankara University sociology professor Utku Balaban shares his insights on some of the social dynamics of Turkey’s rapid growth.

The lack of a widespread banking services infrastructure in Mexico creates a problem for poor, rural Mexicans who need and/or want access to traditional banking services by Vidur Ahlowlia, Ahmed Aljabreen & Ben Andryisck As a Managing General Partner for The Simple Group (TSG), Alex Chung focuses on acting as a funding and technology partner […]

Opening trade and financial channels with the rest of the world is essential for Uzbekistan to become a sound economic player. by Anna Poplasky MBA Candidate at Cornell University, Emerging Markets Institute Fellow Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University 2,500 years of being the storefront for the Silk […]

Private investors hesitate to invest in infrastructure in developing countries because of high level of political risk, exchange risk, and demand risk. by HyungJoon (Simon) Kim Based on my summer internship at Pacific Partnerships in New Zealand, I would like to suggest a new Multilateral Development Banks’ contribution model to boost transportation development in emerging […]